It feels slightly unintuitive, as the beauty of YouTube and other online video services is you can go and watch what you want when you want, free from the capricious tyranny of the TV schedules. Do you really want to be at your computer at a set time? Still, the Web is also about instant access, and it doesn't get much more instant than live.

The four trial partners are very US-centric, so if you want to catch Tony Hawk, Dane Cook or Know Your Meme you'll have to tune in on Pacific Standard Time. That's 7 hours behind GMT, so live shows will kick off with Rocketboom Live at 4pm today and run until about 1am. Here's the schedule: